http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Have you ever heard of Apple, and AT&T?
That's 2.]]>Jan 17th 2010 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/I kinda have to agree, in every T-mob post half the comments are about how bad T-mob's 3G coverage is, including the one about the 21Mbps rollout.
Sprint's 4G coverage makes T-mob's 3G look like Verizon's map, and nobody's complaining. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
And before anyone trots out the 3G vs. 4G argument. In average, real world use WiMAX should not significantly outperform 7.2 HSPA, while providing a significantly smaller coverage footprint.

As T-mob rolls out HSPA+, WiMAX will loose it's speed advantage, and likely still have comparatively lousy coverage. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/O RLY now? I assume you think Sprint and Clearwire will just sit on their asses as every other carrier moves but them =).
By the time T-Mo does anything with their 21mbps HSPA, Sprint will have WiMax and ClearWire will already have WiMax in most major cities, as well as continue to work on the WiMax speed.]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
Short of actually putting a WiMAX tower on the roof of every Walmart in the country(which I hope they do, BTW), if you honestly believe that Sprint's WiMAX coverage will match or beat T-mob's 3G coverage by EOY'10, then I really can't help you.
The time scale for that roll out is just not realistic.

As far as speed goes, it didn't get faster in '09, why assume it will in '10?]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/And why assume otherwise? Unlike some carriers, Sprint is more of get it done and surprise rather than promises. It's not like T-Mo is actually being the fastest at making the moves. Specially since that black project turned out to be not what most people were expecting.]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
"Unlike some carriers, Sprint is more of get it done and surprise rather than promises."

Try again, this is from last march.
http://newsroom.clearwire.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=214419&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1263228&highlight

"It's not like T-Mo is actually being the fastest at making the moves."

T-mob was the last carrier to roll out 3G, they are the first to offer actual, backhauled 7.2 HSPA. That, by definition makes, them fastest.

Look, I don't know why you need Sprint to be the best, and I don't care.
But wanting doesn't make it so.]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/lol, by fastest, I didn't mean 3G fast, I meant developing/rolling-out-their-stuff fast xD.]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/T-Mobile is the fastest you say?

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/08/21/carrier-wars-t-mobile-results-wrap-up/

Average Download Speed
Sprint: 1361kbs
AT&T: 933kbps
T-Mobile: 786kbps
Verizon: 701kbps

Average Upload Speed
Verizon: 322kbps
Sprint: 267kbps
AT&T: 180kbps
T-Mobile: 177kbps]]>Jan 18th 2010 3:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/That's a post from August 2009, before Tmobile even had 7.2Mbps making them the fastest 3G in the country where coverage is available.

If you're going to source something, at least make it relevant.]]>Jan 18th 2010 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
Yeah, so did I. Being the last with 3G and the first with 7.2 HSPA, means they did their roll out in the least amount of time, making them the fastest. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 18th 2010 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
People need to stop "down-ranking into oblivion". These are valid arguments SOME people are making, anyone see this happening should flip a bitch and vote the comment up...]]>Mar 9th 2010 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
Hells Yea! I love my Pre, but I'm a gadget person, who just loves the newest/fastest stuff out. If a WiMax Pre doesn't come out, especially after what feels like a snub with the PrePlus on Verizon... I must get this HTC!]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 18th 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
Haha.

If it makes you feel any better, Hijack City probably won't be in the first wave of the WiMax rollout.]]>Jan 19th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
This is Sprint we're talking about here.]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/And that means they don't mess up. At least not recently. At least not to me. I've been totally happy with all the Sprint phones I've had up to now.]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 18th 2010 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
You are so very correct. Fate does not agree with a national security asset. (Sprint)]]>Jan 19th 2010 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
HTC and Sprint don't f this up! If this is the first WiMax device, all eyes will definitely be on this device.. Let's hope it's not a disappointment.]]>Jan 17th 2010 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/I got the hero this year as well. So if this comes out late this year i will be eligible for an upgrade.

And with sprint and clear finishing there system in grand rapids mi with in the next few months. I will be 4g out of the box! ]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Ohh and I am glad it has sense ui.

Android without sense is just bland. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
Photo-shopped pictures and it probably will happen later.]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/lol you almost described my situation exactly. I pay a little less and only have 500 minutes, but I've been with sprint for 10 years because they keep offering me better deals to hang around.]]>Jan 17th 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Haha really?
A 3.5" screen vs. 4.3"? A Cortex CPU vs Snapdragon?
The iPhone's now 3 year old design vs. the HD2's sexy lines?
Att's craptacular 3G (well lets be honest, mostly 2G) network vs. Sprint's 4G network?

How is that even a question you're asking?]]>Jan 17th 2010 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/18,000 apps is lacking?

I'm with you that the iPhone is still a slick device when it comes to UI speed, but I also have faith in faster hardware (snapdragon) and HTC. If they can get Sense running on Android 1.5 and last gen hardware at a slow but usuable speed, I'm really interested in seeing what they can do building on top of 2.1 and great hardware.

That and it really doesn't matter if the phone is 5% faster than other phones on the market if it's tied to Att's network as you're going to spend all that extra time waiting anyway.]]>Jan 17th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Mount Everest might be the tallest, but that doesn't make the Alps small. Besides, there are many places where you could actually ski in the Alps.]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/
Just wait. I just left Sprint for the Nexus One, thank goodness I got a non contract based plan. If AT&T's 3G is anything like T-Mobile's then you'd be way better off waiting for 4G with Sprint. And even there 3G is fast when not in a 4G area. Usually with my Nexus One I see 'E' displayed on my mobile network icon.

And at the rate of build-out by Sprint and Clear of 4G WiMax you might see it cover many more areas by the end of this year.]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/17/htc-supersonic-to-ring-in-wimax-on-sprint-android-style/Jan 17th 2010 11:10PM